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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.#		 1-12 months 1-2 years 2-5 years 5 or more years Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,698 4,693 67.6 65.8-69.4 706 11.4 10.3-12.7 479 7.6 6.6- 8.7 767 12.5 11.3-13.9 53 0.8 0.5- 1.2
GENDER
Male 2,589 1,742 65.5 62.5-68.3 295 11.8 9.9-13.9 210 7.8 6.4- 9.5 327 14.4 12.3-16.8 15 0.6 0.3- 1.1
Female 4,109 2,951 69.6 67.4-71.8 411 11.1 9.7-12.8 269 7.4 6.2- 8.8 440 10.8 9.4-12.4 38 1.0 0.6- 1.7
RACE
White 5,078 3,729 71.8 69.8-73.8 483 10.2 8.9-11.6 310 6.3 5.4- 7.4 531 11.3 9.9-12.9 25 0.3 0.2- 0.6
African American 1,052 650 60.6 56.0-65.1 149 15.9 12.6-19.8 105 10.1 7.6-13.3 135 12.3 9.6-15.6 13 1.1 0.5- 2.5
Asian 76 53 62.6 44.7-77.6 10 14.8 5.0-36.4 2 0.6 0.1- 2.4 9 20.2 9.6-37.6 2 1.9 0.3-10.6
Native American 184 111 51.3 38.8-63.7 20 16.6 7.9-31.5 16 7.8 3.9-15.1 34 19.3 11.1-31.4 3 5.0 1.3-17.3
Other Minorities 262 118 42.1 33.2-51.5 39 12.1 7.8-18.3 43 16.9 11.1-25.0 52 24.2 16.6-33.8 10 4.7 2.1-10.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 295 132 43.0 34.1-52.4 40 10.5 6.7-16.1 51 17.2 11.6-24.8 62 25.2 17.7-34.5 10 4.1 1.8- 9.2
-English Speaking 126 80 63.2 50.0-74.6 12 10.5 4.6-22.4 16 9.1 4.8-16.6 18 17.2 9.1-30.3 0 0.0 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 169 52 35.0 24.1-47.7 28 10.5 6.1-17.5 35 20.5 13.0-30.8 44 28.3 18.7-40.4 10 5.8 2.5-12.8
Non-Hispanic 6,392 4,553 69.4 67.5-71.1 665 11.5 10.3-12.9 428 6.9 6.0- 7.9 703 11.6 10.4-13.0 43 0.6 0.4- 0.9
AGE
18-24 482 335 67.8 60.8-74.1 65 13.2 9.2-18.7 40 7.3 4.6-11.3 38 10.7 6.8-16.5 4 1.0 0.3- 3.6
25-34 1,136 806 68.0 63.6-72.0 141 12.6 9.9-15.9 91 9.6 7.1-12.8 89 8.7 6.5-11.6 9 1.2 0.5- 2.7
35-44 1,316 962 71.0 67.2-74.6 152 11.8 9.3-14.7 109 8.9 6.8-11.5 90 8.1 6.0-10.8 3 0.2 0.1- 1.0
45-54 1,328 1,004 71.1 67.0-74.9 113 9.4 7.2-12.3 91 7.1 5.3- 9.5 117 12.3 9.5-15.8 3 0.1 0.0- 0.4
55-64 970 665 66.5 61.9-70.8 99 11.8 9.0-15.3 64 5.8 4.2- 8.1 133 15.3 12.0-19.3 9 0.6 0.2- 1.6
65-74 791 515 62.2 57.0-67.1 70 10.4 7.5-14.1 43 6.0 3.9- 9.3 153 20.0 16.2-24.4 10 1.5 0.6- 3.8
75+ 610 362 54.5 48.0-60.9 61 9.3 6.4-13.3 36 6.0 3.7- 9.4 137 27.6 21.4-34.6 14 2.7 1.4- 5.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,065 444 42.9 38.0-47.8 127 10.4 7.9-13.5 131 12.7 9.8-16.1 335 31.6 27.1-36.4 28 2.5 1.4- 4.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,967 1,313 64.8 61.5-68.0 220 13.0 10.8-15.5 177 8.7 7.0-10.7 243 12.9 10.7-15.4 14 0.7 0.3- 1.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,569 1,161 73.1 69.3-76.5 183 12.8 10.2-15.9 98 6.6 4.8- 8.9 122 7.4 5.7- 9.6 5 0.2 0.1- 0.5
College Graduate 2,079 1,765 83.5 80.8-85.9 172 8.6 6.8-10.7 71 3.6 2.5- 5.2 65 3.9 2.7- 5.4 6 0.5 0.2- 1.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 673 284 38.3 32.5-44.5 100 15.5 11.4-20.7 90 17.0 12.6-22.6 183 26.5 21.0-32.8 16 2.7 1.1- 6.1
$15,000- 24,999 1,092 629 56.5 51.7-61.2 143 13.7 10.7-17.5 122 9.6 7.4-12.4 187 19.1 15.5-23.2 11 1.1 0.5- 2.4
$25,000- 34,999 815 586 71.0 66.1-75.5 99 13.7 10.4-17.9 61 7.2 5.0-10.3 64 7.3 5.3-10.0 5 0.8 0.3- 2.4
$35,000- 49,999 896 691 74.0 69.1-78.4 99 11.9 8.7-16.0 47 4.6 3.1- 6.8 59 9.5 6.6-13.4 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000-74,999 744 638 82.1 76.9-86.3 50 8.0 5.2-12.1 35 7.2 4.6-11.1 21 2.8 1.4- 5.4 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 879 786 88.3 84.8-91.0 43 5.0 3.4- 7.5 26 3.4 2.0- 5.7 24 3.3 1.9- 5.7 0 0.0 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 413 290 68.5 62.8-73.6 42 11.4 8.1-15.8 26 6.4 4.1- 9.7 52 13.0 9.4-17.5 3 0.8 0.2- 3.3
Forsyth 461 360 78.9 74.3-82.9 41 8.5 6.0-11.8 24 5.5 3.5- 8.5 35 7.1 4.9-10.3 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7
Guilford 421 303 68.8 62.6-74.3 42 10.3 7.3-14.4 32 10.2 6.4-15.8 41 10.3 6.9-15.0 3 0.4 0.1- 1.5
Henderson/Transylvania 472 333 71.1 65.6-76.1 58 11.8 8.7-15.9 27 6.3 4.0- 9.6 53 10.7 7.6-15.0 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6
Mecklenburg 446 338 69.0 62.9-74.5 38 11.2 7.2-17.0 23 5.6 3.5- 9.0 41 11.2 7.8-16.0 6 3.0 1.2- 7.0
Orange 439 338 77.4 71.8-82.2 42 10.8 7.3-15.6 31 6.2 4.2- 9.2 23 4.9 3.1- 7.7 5 0.7 0.3- 1.8
Pitt 416 293 68.4 62.9-73.5 56 15.1 11.6-19.4 27 7.2 4.8-10.7 36 8.7 6.0-12.4 4 0.6 0.2- 1.7
Randolph 426 279 65.0 58.4-71.0 42 9.9 7.1-13.7 39 10.0 7.0-14.0 64 14.7 10.4-20.4 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9
Robeson 441 274 59.3 52.9-65.3 48 10.9 7.0-16.5 47 13.0 9.0-18.4 67 15.8 11.9-20.7 5 1.0 0.4- 2.7
Wake 429 337 75.7 69.9-80.6 37 9.0 6.3-12.8 26 7.6 4.5-12.5 25 6.3 3.9-10.1 4 1.4 0.4- 4.1
Western NC 654 424 66.0 61.6-70.1 62 9.5 7.1-12.7 47 6.9 4.9- 9.7 113 16.7 13.7-20.3 8 0.8 0.4- 1.9
Piedmont NC 881 603 66.9 62.8-70.8 97 11.0 8.7-13.8 64 6.9 5.2- 9.2 113 14.8 11.8-18.4 4 0.4 0.1- 1.2
Eastern NC 799 521 64.1 59.9-68.2 101 14.0 11.1-17.4 66 8.8 6.6-11.6 104 12.5 9.9-15.7 7 0.6 0.3- 1.4

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#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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